Packing ring for pumps



Marchze, 1929. I R H, FORNEY 1,706,445

PACKING RING FOR PUMPS Filed Nov. 2e, 1926 A: f/ylgdi ROSS -{Fornczq INVENTOR.

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anni Ma. ze, 1929., 1,1%,445 unirasrares PATENT oFFlcE.

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` Jeannine nine non. PUMPS. Applicationed .November 2, l26. Serial No. 150,751.

y l `This invention relates to improvements in side of pump casing 6 and the sleeve 4. This pumps7 and it refers more particularly to a packing may be of any suitable material packing for pumps. and is assembled so as to permit the inser- Ccrtain types of pump packing are faulty tion and reception of a pluralit of rings 7. 60 in that they become worn and burnt and re- One of these rings is shown in side elevation quire considerable adjustment from time to in Figure 4 and again in partial cross-sectime. Also in some types of pump packing tion in Figure 5. Each of these rings is of there is no edective means for preventing inverted V shape in cross-section and has an water leakage from getting into the bearannulargroove 8. However, the .shape .and 65 lo ings, which causes trouble on account of loss size of this ring may be varied in order to l of lubrication. give the same result. These rings can be @ne of the objects ci the present invention made of bronze or any other suitable mateis to produce a pump packing to eliminate rialt For convenience of assembly, the ring the possibility of worn or burnt packing by isdivlded preferably into two parts and con- 70 l5 forcing the pump packing outwardly against nected by the pins 9. Eachy ring is also prothe casing oi the pump and at the same time vided with openings 10a for removing the relieve some of the rassure off of the rotary rings from the pump casing 6; These rings shaft or sleeve of t e pump. are for the purpose of forcing the packing Another particular object of the invenmaterlal out against the casing of the pump 75 2o tion is to provide means tor taking care of and simultaneously relieve some of the presany water which might leak by between the sure olf of the rotary shaft 201 sleeve 4. This rotating shaft oi the pump and the packing accorhphshes two objects: By forcing the and to prevent it `from gettin into the pump packlng material against the casing of the bearings, and also to @rovi e a means' for pump, c aused by the shape of the rings 80 preventing leakage o water between the against the packing, it prevents leakage beacking and the casing of the pump. tween the packlng and pump casing 6, and With the above and other vminer yetim by relieving some of the pressure of the portant objects in view, the invention will be packing on the shaft or sleeve, it prevents better understood from a. perusal of the olburning of the packing, thereby giving long- 85 l lowing detailed description .taken in connl er life to the packing and requiring consider` nection with 'the accompanying drawings able less adiustment, ordinarily found in forming part of this specification and where other types of packing. This pressure release in also reduces wear on the shaft or sleeve.

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a In addition to the above, whatever water 90 pump embodying the invention, the view leaks between the packing and shaft or partly broken away. sleeve is caught in the annular recess 11 in Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken the' main packing gland 10 and is carried through one end of the pump and enlarged. away. This main packing gland has an an- Figure 3' is a longitudinal sectional viewr nular space 11 in which the water collects 95 '4o taken on. line 8-3 ot Fi ure 2. f v and passes through a. duct 12 into a. goose Figure t is an enlarge detail view of one Aneck 13 and is finally received in the pot 14. of the rings used in conjunction with the The main packing gland 10 presses against packing; and the packing material and is provided with Figure 5 is a detail sectional view along a secondary packing 15. Bearing against 100 line 5-5 ot Figure L1- illustrating the intethe Secondary packingisa secondary packrior construction of one of the rings. ing gland 16, and bolts 17 and 18 hold the Proceeding in accordance with t e drawpartsl together. inos and wherein similar reference numerals Gbviously modiiications and alterations indicate the various parts, 1 denotes a pum may be made in the construction of the in- 105 of well known type including a rotary sha t vention in keeping with the appended 2 supported in the bearings 3. A. sleeve 4 is claims. interposed between the packing and the VVh-at is claimed is: shaft 2. 1. In a packing for pumps, in combination ln the present invention there is provided with a ump shaft, a plurality of rigid rings 110 a packing 5. ln Figure 3 this packing is of gra ually decreasing cross-sectional area. clearly shown interposed between the inner from their inner perimeters to their outer perimeters, said rings being mounted upon the shaft but free from engagement therewith, and soft packing mounted upon the shaft between the facing sides of the adjacent rings whereby when the acking is squeezed longitudinally the so t packing v will be urged away from the shaft.

.the packing, a pump shaft, a pluralit cross-sectional area from their inner perinief`4 when the packing is squeezed longitudinally the soft packing will Abe urged away from the shaft and into engagement Withthe casing by the inclined -faces of the rigid packing rings.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ROSS IPI. FORNEY. 

